Shopping bag



May 23, 1933. E, PfRSE 1,910,449

SHOPPING BAG Filed June 9, 1952 AIZQIEY Patented May 23, 1933 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE EARNEST r. nose, or FABMINGDALE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR'ro BROOKLYN STANDARD BAG- COMPANY, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATIONor NEW YORK SHOPPING BAG- Applieation filed June 9,

This invention relates to bags and similar articles such as shoppingbags and the like commonly made of paper or other light weight materialthe'object of the invention being to provide an improved shopplng bagsimple in construction, efiicient in use and inexpensive to manufactureand which is so constructed that the handle or carrying means will be sosecurely fastened thereto 10 that it will not pull out under heavyloads.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a shoppingbag consisting of a plurality ofbags, one within the other thus givingadditional strength to the bag proper as well as to the handle orcarrying means, and in which the inner bag may be of any kind ofmaterial suitable for its use while the outer bag may be of uniformconstruction andappearance such as kraft paper. 3

. In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this speoificationFig. 1 is a perspective view of this improved shopping bag;

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the top part of this improved bagwith a part of the outer bag cut away; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

Before explaining in detail the present improvement and mode ofoperation thereof, I desire to have it understood that the invention. isnot limited to the details of construction and arrangement of partswhich are illustrated in the accompanying drawing since the invention iscapable of other embodiments, and that the phraseology which I employ isfor the purpose of description and not of limitation.

This improved shopping bag consists of an outer bag 2 comprised of paperor other 45 suitable light weight material having therein and forming alining thereto one or more bags 3 which may be of like material or ofstronger or moisture proof material. Between these bags and near the topthereof on opposite sides of the bag two or more 1932. Serial No.616,230.

pieces of stifier material 4 and 5, such as paste board, are securedtogether by paste or otheradhesive material.

The ends of the handles or carrying means 6 extend some distance downbetween these strips of durable material 4 and 5 on either side of thebag and are held therein by a series of metal staples 7 or otherfastening means and are likewise held by the pasting together of thesestrips as explained above. These strips d and ,5 are then pasted betweenthe bags 2 and 3 to more securely hold the handles to the bag.

Heretofore it has been the practice to secure handles to shopping bagsinvarious ways but always using'a single thickness of material which insome instances was folded over at its top for added security to thehandles but my improved bag not only gives this added security to thehandles but also because of its plurality of construction of the bagbody it gives added strength and durability to the bag.

In practice it is often advantageous to construct the inner bag of awaxed paper material or even of light weight cloth or other material sothat a variety of commodities may be carried therein while at the sametime for the sake of uniformity of appearance constructing the outer bagof paper, which, of course, brings the cost of production to a minimum.This construction permits the use of the bag to carry moist or damparticles which can not now be carried in paper shopping bags because themoisture would weaken the bottom of the bag.

Thus it will be seen that I have constructed a shopping bag which may beused a numher of times and which may be folded and l 7 put away when notin use whereas the average paper shopping bag is so weakened after itsfirst use that it must be discarded.

It is to be understood that, by describing in detail herein anyparticular form, structure or arrangement,it 1s not intended to limitthe invention beyond the terms of the several claims or the requirementsof the priorartQ i Having thus explained the nature of my' saidinvention and described a way of constructing and using the same,although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which itmay be made, or all of the modes of its use, I claim:

1. A shopping bag comprising a pair of bags, one within the other and apair of handles secured between the bags at their open ends and by meansof which the bags are secured together at the points where the handlesare applied thereto.

2. A shopping bag comprising a pair of bags, one within the other and apair of handles secured between the bags at their open ends and by meansof which the bags are secured together at the points where the handlesare applied thereto, said bags formed of materials having differenttextures.

3. A shopping bag comprising a pair of nested bags, a pair of handlestherefor, reinforcin means for the handles said handles and rein orcingmeans being secured between the bags adjacent to their open ends and bymeans of which the bags are secured together when the handles andreinforcing means are applied. 1 V

4:. A shopping bag comprising a pair of nested bags, a pair of handlestherefor, reinforcing means for the handles, said handles andreinforcing means being secured between the bags adjacent to their openends and by means of which the bags are secured together when thehandles and reinforcing means are applied, the outer bag formed of paperand the inner bag of a different material.

5. A shopping bag comprising a pair of nested bags, a pair of handlestherefor, reinforcing means for the handles each comprising a pair ofunited stiffened members with the spaced ends of a handle therebetween,said handles and reinforcing means being secured between the bagsadjacent to their open ends andby means of which the bags are securedtogether when the handles and reinforcing means are applied.

6. A shopping bag comprising a pair of uncemented nested bags, a pair ofhandles therefor, two pairs of stiffened reinforcing members betweeneach pair of which the spaced ends of a handle are secured, a pair ofstiffened members being secured at each side to juxtaposed portions ofthe nested bags and by means of which the bags are secured togetheradjacent to their open ends.

7. A shopping bag comprising a pair of uncemented nested bags havingunfolded free edges, a pair of handles therefor, two pairs of stiffenedreinforcing members between each pair of which the spaced ends of ahandle are stapled, apair of stiflt'ened members being secured at eachside to juxtaposed portions of the nested bags and by means of which thebags are secured to'- gether only adjacent to their open ends.

8. A shopping bag comprising a pair of loosely nested bags, a pair ofhandles there for, two pairs of stiffened reinforcing members cementedtogether and between each pair of which the spaced ends of a handle aresecured, each pair of stiffened members being cemented at opposite sidesto juxtaposed portions of the nested bags and by means of which the bagsare secured together only adjacent to their open ends.

9. A shopping bag comprising a pair of loosely nested bags, a pair ofhandles therefor, two pairs of stiffened reinforcing members cementedtogether and between each pair of which the spaced endsof a handle aresecured, each pair of stiffened members being cemented at opposite sidesto juxtaposed portions. of the nested bagsand by means of which the bagsare secured together only adjacent totheir open ends, the inner baghaving a texture different from that of the outer bag. 7

' 10. A shopping bag comprising a pair of loosely nested bags, the outerbag formed of paper stock, a pair of handles therefor, two pairs ofstifl'ened reinforcing members cemented together and between each pairof which the spaced endsof a handle are secured, each pair of stiffenedmembers being cemented at opposite sides to juxtaposed portions of thenested bags, and by means of which thebags are secured together onlyadjacent to their open ends.

11. A shopping bag comprising a pair of bags, one within the other, apair of handles, one at each side of the bag, reinforcing means for thehandles, and means for securing each handle and its reinforcing meanstogether and to the juxtaposed portions of the nested bags adjacent totheir open ends, the means securing the handles to the bags at theiropen ends also securing the open ends of the bags together adjacent tothehandles whereby the strain on the handles is carried by thereinforcing means and both ba 's.

igned at New York, N. Y., this 3rd day of June, 1932.

EARNEST P. ROSE.

